I want to use a GLP-1 to lose 10 pounds. Who's BTDT?

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Anonymous wrote:Me! And yes, it's as easy as it sounds.

My story is remarkably similar to yours, though I was a bit heavier. 5'7 and 145 after my third baby. Not technically fat, but felt disgusting, all my clothes tight, hated my flabby upper arms and my plump thighs and stomach.

My goal was to lose 10-15 lbs. I took the starting dose of 2.5 tirzepatide and had immediate and extreme appetite suppression, and the pounds fell off. Those first few weeks I was eating very little - 500-700 calories per day, and I was quite light headed as a result. I adjusted my dose down and settled on about 1200 calories per day. I always KNEW this is what I needed to do to lose weight, but fighting hunger is so hard for me, and I just could not find the willpower to keep up a calorie deficit for an extended period of time.

Tirzepatide is like magic. I still enjoy food, but I get very full after just a small meal, and I stay full for many hours.

I am currently 123 lbs, my wedding weight. Been maintaining that weight for the past few months by taking 1 mg per week (less than half of the starting dose). I don't think I'll ever stop. It is such a relief to no longer fight hunger every day of my life. It's a joy to exercise with the goal of feeling strong and healthy, rather than as a punishment and to try and work off my overeating. Like you, my intention was to take this for the short term just to drop those stubborn pounds, and then maintain on my own from there.

I can't see myself stopping the drug now though. I love it too much. I love not thinking about how many calories I've eaten, how many I have left, how many hours I can suffer without eating. Literally that's been how I've operated my whole life, and I'm just not willing to ever go back to that. Tirzepatide has removed my food obsession, and allowed me to make decisions about what to eat with my brain rather than with my stomach and crazed cravings. It is so freaking awesome and I highly recommend it. I wish I'd have had this decades ago.

Right. And when you get cancer or some other disease 10 years from now, from stupidly taking an unneeded drug with no long range testing, come back and tell us how you feel.

This obsessed poster is on every thread around here.

So is this poster, who most likely works for Pharma.

I think it’s the SAHM who is the “fitness instructor” , could be wrong though.

Hope you don’t “inspire” others to 500 calorie days.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't understand where people are getting it. Are you just lying about your weight? I'd love to easily lose the last 10 pounds of my baby weight too, but I have a normal BMI so I assume the old fashioned way is it.

Yes. Bought compounded.

Warning: I lost a lot of hair which people online will say is from rapid weight loss. Except I lost 8-10 pounds in three months and I’ve lost much larger amounts before without hair loss.

Definitely take supplements and watch for hair loss. Start noticing hair loss before you start the medicine so you know what the baseline is for you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Me! And yes, it's as easy as it sounds.

My story is remarkably similar to yours, though I was a bit heavier. 5'7 and 145 after my third baby. Not technically fat, but felt disgusting, all my clothes tight, hated my flabby upper arms and my plump thighs and stomach.

My goal was to lose 10-15 lbs. I took the starting dose of 2.5 tirzepatide and had immediate and extreme appetite suppression, and the pounds fell off. Those first few weeks I was eating very little - 500-700 calories per day, and I was quite light headed as a result. I adjusted my dose down and settled on about 1200 calories per day. I always KNEW this is what I needed to do to lose weight, but fighting hunger is so hard for me, and I just could not find the willpower to keep up a calorie deficit for an extended period of time.

Tirzepatide is like magic. I still enjoy food, but I get very full after just a small meal, and I stay full for many hours.

I am currently 123 lbs, my wedding weight. Been maintaining that weight for the past few months by taking 1 mg per week (less than half of the starting dose). I don't think I'll ever stop. It is such a relief to no longer fight hunger every day of my life. It's a joy to exercise with the goal of feeling strong and healthy, rather than as a punishment and to try and work off my overeating. Like you, my intention was to take this for the short term just to drop those stubborn pounds, and then maintain on my own from there.

I can't see myself stopping the drug now though. I love it too much. I love not thinking about how many calories I've eaten, how many I have left, how many hours I can suffer without eating. Literally that's been how I've operated my whole life, and I'm just not willing to ever go back to that. Tirzepatide has removed my food obsession, and allowed me to make decisions about what to eat with my brain rather than with my stomach and crazed cravings. It is so freaking awesome and I highly recommend it. I wish I'd have had this decades ago.

Right. And when you get cancer or some other disease 10 years from now, from stupidly taking an unneeded drug with no long range testing, come back and tell us how you feel.

Man, those 5'7 135, 145 ladies feeling fat means I should feel obese at the same height and 160. I'm with pp and am wary of people abusing these medicines with no concern of long term effects.

160 lbs at 5'7 is indeed overweight.

Who's to say anyone is "abusing" these meds? We're taking small doses to manage hunger and help us make healthier food choices. Thin is healthier, feels better and looks better. Win win win.

Yes, I know that, with a bmi of 25, I am overweight. By pps logic, I ought to feel obese and run for the magic shot. I understand how I got here: too much ice cream, chips, cookies, etc. Too little movement. An injury and subsequent depression led me to this point. I am healed and coming up out of depression. I am compassionate with myself and I will work to lose the 20 pounds I gained. I will do it through diet and I will exercise daily. These steps will give me a sense of accomplishment, which will boost my mood. I can do that for the rest of my life. I will not spend money on injections. I'm not desperate for a quick fix which I will be tethered to indefinitely. You guys think it's a miracle drug. Many people said that of Fen-Phen and we all know how that turned out.

Oh good...the fen-phen poster is back.

DP. You are lucky or young if you didn’t know anyone who took fen-phen and the fear after.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Me! And yes, it's as easy as it sounds.

My story is remarkably similar to yours, though I was a bit heavier. 5'7 and 145 after my third baby. Not technically fat, but felt disgusting, all my clothes tight, hated my flabby upper arms and my plump thighs and stomach.

My goal was to lose 10-15 lbs. I took the starting dose of 2.5 tirzepatide and had immediate and extreme appetite suppression, and the pounds fell off. Those first few weeks I was eating very little - 500-700 calories per day, and I was quite light headed as a result. I adjusted my dose down and settled on about 1200 calories per day. I always KNEW this is what I needed to do to lose weight, but fighting hunger is so hard for me, and I just could not find the willpower to keep up a calorie deficit for an extended period of time.

Tirzepatide is like magic. I still enjoy food, but I get very full after just a small meal, and I stay full for many hours.

I am currently 123 lbs, my wedding weight. Been maintaining that weight for the past few months by taking 1 mg per week (less than half of the starting dose). I don't think I'll ever stop. It is such a relief to no longer fight hunger every day of my life. It's a joy to exercise with the goal of feeling strong and healthy, rather than as a punishment and to try and work off my overeating. Like you, my intention was to take this for the short term just to drop those stubborn pounds, and then maintain on my own from there.

I can't see myself stopping the drug now though. I love it too much. I love not thinking about how many calories I've eaten, how many I have left, how many hours I can suffer without eating. Literally that's been how I've operated my whole life, and I'm just not willing to ever go back to that. Tirzepatide has removed my food obsession, and allowed me to make decisions about what to eat with my brain rather than with my stomach and crazed cravings. It is so freaking awesome and I highly recommend it. I wish I'd have had this decades ago.

Right. And when you get cancer or some other disease 10 years from now, from stupidly taking an unneeded drug with no long range testing, come back and tell us how you feel.

This obsessed poster is on every thread around here.

So is this poster, who most likely works for Pharma.

I think it’s the SAHM who is the “fitness instructor” , could be wrong though.

Hope you don’t “inspire” others to 500 calorie days.

I'm the fitness instructor but I think you have it messed up. I haven't had kids at home for 14 years. I just retired from teaching.
Maybe you have the wrong person.